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Essay Instructions: constitutional Rights of Prisoners By John W. Palmer


Explain the "hand-off" doctrine applied by the courts through the mid-1960's.

Explain the scope and limitations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Describe the effect of the court's ruling in Johnson v. Avery.

Describe legal remedies available to inmates on matters relating to disciplinary processes within a prison.

Identify and list existing federal protective statutes.

Explain the process of extradition

Identify the procedures involved in revoking parole.

Explain the federal legislative responses to the remarkable increase in prisoner lawsuits

Discuss the importance of this legislation as it applies to prisoners and correctional administrators. (your response should include discussion of Title II and FLSA)

Discuss the ruling in Payton v. United States ? provide a summary of the case specifics and the decision.

Prison litigation is extremely confusing as the law is no longer determined solely by the Constitution and judicial interpretation. Explain what this statement means to you ? provide examples to demonstrate your points.

Essay Instructions: Constitutional law is historically rooted in case law. To study case law, students have traditionally written case briefs to understand the nature and complexity of legal issues considered in specific cases. For your Final Project, you will read and brief a recent U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the application of the death penalty.
The case is Roper v. Simmons, 125 S. Ct. 1183, 2005 U.S. Lexis 2200 (March 1, 2005), in which the Court ruled 5-4 that executing juvenile offenders is unconstitutional. The case can be found on either Lexis/Nexis or Findlaw.
It should conform to the following structure:
1. Name of case — Always underline or italicize the full name of the case.
2. Facts of the case — A one paragraph summation of the main facts that a reader of the case would need to know to understand the decision.
3. Issue(s) — The principal question(s) presented to the Court for consideration. In all cases there is at least one issue; there are rarely more than three issues.
4. Court Decision/Answer — A one sentence statement explaining the Court's actions on the case. The four possible actions are affirm, affirm and remand, reverse, and reverse and remand.
5. Rationale/Reasoning for the Decision — A brief summary of the Court's reasoning as found in the majority opinion of the Court.
6. Holding — A one- or two-sentence statement of the main legal principle established or reinforced by the case.

Essay Instructions: Constitutional Law Debate.

The three branches of government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Create a solid argument detailing:

a. Why each branch has the most power.
b. Where the source of the power is derived from.
c. Provide current event examples of the power of the appropriate branch.

Essay Instructions: Constitutional Law

Check Your Understanding

(Note: All written assignments must be done in Microsoft Word. Single spaced with double spacing between paragraphs, 11 or 12 point, in a legible font, such as Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman font. It is expected that all assignments will be free of grammatical or format errors. Any assignment not following these guidelines, will be returned to you to make the corrections, ungraded. Any late assignments will be reduced by one letter grade.)

Answer the following questions in detail with explanation to demonstrate the concept.

1. What are the tests used to determine whether a law complies with the equal protection clause?

2. Explain the concept of preemption.

3. What is the significance of the commerce clause?

4. What is discovery and what are the methods to obtain this information?


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